Given name & surname
Azumi
Azumi is a feminine given name from Japanese. It is used in English and Hausa.
Original Japanese愛
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Azumi comes from Japanese, and ultimately from Japanese.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Azumi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 96
- 0 boys · 96 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,539 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,539 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Azumi’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Azumi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 愛. In Japanese usage, Azumi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 杏美. In Japanese usage, Azumi as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 安住.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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